Schools and Education in Britannia

There are 83 schools within 5 miles of Britannia town centre, including 51 primary and 8 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include The Maden Community & Children's Centre, Bacup Nursery School and Staghills Nursery School. Parents should note that 4 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
83
Primary
51
Secondary
8
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

43
Outstanding (4) Good (43) Requires Improvement (3) Inadequate (1) Not yet inspected (32)
The Maden Community & Children's Centre 1.3 miles Alma Street, Rochdale Road, Bacup, OL13 9NZ Inspected: 25 February 2011 Bacup Nursery School Nursery 1.5 miles Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF Inspected: 21 September 2022 Staghills Nursery School Nursery 3.4 miles Top Barn Lane, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 7UE Inspected: 13 January 2025 Kentmere Primary Academy Primary 4.3 miles Kentmere Avenue, Smallbridge, Rochdale, OL12 9EE Inspected: 18 September 2024
Britannia Community Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Railgate, Bacup, OL13 9TS Inspected: 23 March 2022 Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School Primary 1 miles New Line, Bacup, OL13 9RR Inspected: 19 September 2024 Bacup Thorn Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Cowtoot Lane, Bacup, OL13 8EF Inspected: 19 January 2024 Sharneyford Primary School Primary 1.7 miles Todmorden Road, Bacup, OL13 9UQ Inspected: 22 July 2022 Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth Primary 1.7 miles John Street, Whitworth, Rochdale, OL12 8DB Inspected: 24 April 2024 Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Booth Road, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 0QW Inspected: 09 September 2024 Northern Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Burnley Road, Bacup, OL13 8PH Inspected: 26 March 2024 Whitworth Community High School Secondary 2.2 miles Thor Drive, Hallford, ROCHDALE, OL12 8TS Inspected: 15 May 2023 St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Massey Croft, Hall Street, Rochdale, OL12 8TL Inspected: 04 March 2025 Waterfoot Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Wolfenden Green, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9DA Inspected: 03 February 2023 Walsden St Peter's CE (VC) Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Rochdale Road, Walsden, Todmorden, OL14 6RN Inspected: 27 November 2023 Shade Primary School Primary 3 miles Rochdale Road, Shade, Todmorden, OL14 7PD Inspected: 29 June 2023 St Anne's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Charles Street, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 9JE Inspected: 29 June 2023 St James' Church of England Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Crossfield Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9JW Inspected: 21 March 2022 Staghills Children's Centre 3.4 miles Top Barn Lane, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 7UE Inspected: 30 December 2010 Castle Hill Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Ewood Lane, Todmorden, OL14 7DF Inspected: 16 May 2024 Todmorden CofE J, I & N School Primary 3.7 miles Vicarage Gardens, Todmorden, OL14 7BS Inspected: 21 September 2022 Water Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Ash Grove, Water, Rossendale, BB4 9PX Inspected: 25 September 2023 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary 3.8 miles Wellington Road, Todmorden, OL14 5HP Inspected: 17 June 2024 Wardle Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Birch Road, Wardle, Rochdale, OL12 9RD Inspected: 08 December 2022 Great Howarth School 3.9 miles Great Howarth, Rochdale, OL12 9HJ Inspected: 26 June 2024 Healey Foundation Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Earnshaw Avenue, Rochdale, OL12 0ST Inspected: 12 February 2025 Willow View School 4.2 miles Hargate Avenue, Hargate Avenue, Rochdale, OL12 6BT Inspected: 30 June 2023 Meadows School 4.2 miles Wardle Road, Wardle Road, Rochdale, OL12 9EN Inspected: 22 November 2023 Healey Learning Centre 4.2 miles Shawclough Road, Shawclough Road, Rochdale, OL12 6LN Inspected: 20 May 2025 Alice Ingham Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary 4.4 miles Spokeshave Way, Halifax Road, Rochdale, OL16 2NU Inspected: 16 May 2024 Greenbank Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Greenbank Road, Rochdale, OL12 0HZ Inspected: 11 November 2022 Hamer Community Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Merryman Hall, Rochdale, OL16 2SU Inspected: 25 April 2024 Springside 4.5 miles Merryman Hall, Rochdale, Manchester, OL16 2SU Inspected: 06 July 2022 St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Foxholes Road, Rochdale, OL12 0ET Inspected: 25 January 2024 St John's CofE Primary School, Cliviger Primary 4.5 miles Burnley Road, Cliviger, Burnley, BB10 4SU Inspected: 15 March 2023 Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Churchill Street, Rochdale, OL12 7DJ Inspected: 30 April 2024 Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Victoria Street, Littleborough, OL15 9DB Inspected: 17 May 2024 Rochdale Islamic Academy 4.6 miles Jepheys Street, Rochdale, OL12 0HX Inspected: 06 May 2025 Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Calder Road, Rawtenstall, BB4 8HW Inspected: 13 March 2023 Alder Grange School Secondary 4.6 miles Calder Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8HW Inspected: 07 March 2022 Heybrook Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Park Road, Rochdale, OL12 9BJ Inspected: 14 November 2023 Smithy Bridge Foundation Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Bridgenorth Drive, Littleborough, OL15 0ES Inspected: 16 November 2023 Whittaker Moss Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Highwood, Rochdale, OL11 5XP Inspected: 18 December 2023 Balladen Children's Centre 4.7 miles Linden Lea, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6DX Inspected: 23 February 2012 Howard Street Nursery School Nursery 4.7 miles Howard Street, Rochdale, OL12 0PP Inspected: 14 September 2023 St Mary's CofE Primary School Rawtenstall Primary 4.8 miles Haslingden Old Road, Rawtenstall, ROSSENDALE, BB4 8RZ Inspected: 04 April 2025 St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall Primary 4.9 miles Unity Way, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8SU Inspected: 08 March 2023
The Valley Leadership Academy Secondary 2.6 miles Kirk View, Bacup, OL13 0TG Inspected: 25 October 2023 Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.1 miles Greenfield Terrace, Cornholme, Todmorden, OL14 8PL Inspected: 15 September 2023 Rochdale Islamic Academy 4.4 miles Greenbank Road, Rochdale, OL12 0HZ Inspected: 25 November 2025
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 1 miles Pennine Road, Bacup, OL13 9LJ Inspected: 16 June 2025
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Moss Side Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8EP St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup Primary 1.8 miles Huttock End Lane, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 8LD Inspected: 27 May 2022 Whitworth Children's Centre 2.4 miles Massey Croft, Hall Street, Rochdale, OL12 8TL Inspected: 08 June 2012 Tonacliffe Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Tonacliffe Road, Whitworth, Whitworth, OL12 8SS Inspected: 19 July 2024 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School Secondary 2.9 miles Glen Road, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch Primary 3.3 miles Hillside Drive, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 9EZ Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Dark Lane, Newchurch, Rossendale, BB4 7UA Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy Secondary 3.4 miles Ewood Lane, Todmorden, OL14 7DG Pennine 3.6 miles Harehill Avenue, Todmorden, OL14 5LB Todmorden Children's Centre 3.6 miles Burnley Road, Burnley Road, Todmorden, OL14 7BX Ferney Lee Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Linden Avenue, Todmorden, OL14 5NR Inspected: 23 March 2023 Shawclough Community Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Thrum Hall Lane, Rochdale, OL12 6DE Inspected: 16 May 2023 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.2 miles Union Road, Rochdale, OL12 9QA Littleborough Community Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Ashworth Close, Littleborough, OL15 9HW Littleborough Centre 4.3 miles Town House Road, Littleborough, Rochdale, OL15 9LD St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.3 miles Wardle Street, Littleborough, OL15 8DU Stansfield Hall Church of England / Methodist Church Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Todmorden Road, Summit, Littleborough, OL15 9PR All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Maud Street, Rochdale, OL12 0EL Falinge Park High School Secondary 4.4 miles Shawclough Road, Shawclough, Rochdale, OL12 6LD Norden Children's Centre 4.5 miles Shawfield Lane, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 7RQ Norden Primary Academy Primary 4.5 miles Shawfield Lane, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 7RQ Meanwood Children's Centre 4.5 miles Churchill Street, Churchill Street, Rochdale, OL12 7DJ Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd 4.6 miles Lomax Street, Rochdale, OL12 0JR Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd 4.6 miles Lomax Street, Lomax Street, Rochdale, OL12 0JR Heybrook Centre 4.7 miles Park Road, Rochdale, OL12 9BJ St Vincent's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.7 miles Edenfield Road, Norden, Rochdale, OL12 7QL Caldershaw Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Edenfield Road, Rochdale, OL12 7QL Spotland Primary Academy Primary 4.7 miles Edmund Street, Rochdale, OL12 6QG Whitehall Academy 4.7 miles N/A, Rochdale, OL12 0LN Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Linden Lea, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6DX Howard Street Sure Start Children's Centre 4.7 miles Howard Street, Howard Street, Rochdale, OL12 0PP Oulder Hill Leadership Academy Secondary 5 miles Greave Avenue, Rochdale, OL11 5EF